1. New Fire Weather System Bernard Miville Manager of Operational Forecasting

2. Collaboration between the NZFS/NRFA, SCION and NIWA Over 16 people involved Based on NIWA’s EcoConnect environmental forecasting tool Collaboration

3. EcoConnect Delivers Real time observations: –Weather, hydrological, satellite. Forecasts: Site specific and Maps: –Weather: to 2, 6 & 15 days; –River flow; –Sea state: to 2 & 6 days; –Sea level (tides and storm surge); –Warnings: Informed by user requirements Climate forecasts / outlooks. Climate analyses (updated daily): –Rainfall, water balance, wind, growing degree days, etc. Climatologies; Supported 24  7 operations

4. EcoConnect Foundations Research: Weather & weather related hazards; Climate forecasting; Climate analysis; Water quantity & quality. Platforms: Unified Model (from UK) - ~10,000 FTEs of science Observational networks; High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF); Robust operational (24  7) production systems; Robust customer facing product delivery systems.

5. New FWSYS Structure Data Feeds Data Processing & Archiving Products Generation Access Delivery QC daily then hourly Data and station problems monitored Data and station problems reported Data fixed when possible RAWS/Maps Observed Fire Indices and Codes –Daily/hourly RAWS/Maps Forecast Fire Indices and Codes –2, 6 days RAWS/Maps Forecast Weather –2, 6, 15 days EcoConnect –All products –Graphs, Maps, Tables –Alerting –RAWS admin NRFA web site –Maps, Tables –Observed & Forecast Indices –RAWS RAWS capture Campbells loggers Dialup and IP modems FTP for other providers (MetService, Horizon, Harvest, …)

6. New FWSYS Coverage NRFA RAWS + MetService + NIWA

7. New FWSYS Advantages –Robust infrastructure supported 24/7 Redundant systems (Wellington and Hamilton) –RAWS problems monitoring and reporting –Data problems monitoring, reporting and fixing Hourly QC –Observed Fire Indices and Codes products Daily and hourly Missing data replaced by Virtual Climate Station Network –Forecast Fire Indices and Codes products 2 and 6 day –Forecast Weather 2, 6 and 15 day Bias corrected –Archive All history available (~15 years RAWS observations) –Integrated Access One stop shopping

8. New FWSYS Software

9. New FWSYS Products

12. Contact Bernard Miville –Manager Operational Forecasting Based in Wellington Bernard.Miville@niwa.co.nz 04-528-8316

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